Brief Life History of Eliza Ann
When Eliza Ann Jost was born on 29 July 1837, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, John Alexander Jost, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Zwicker, was 26. She died on 20 June 1855, in Atchison, Kansas, United States, at the age of 17.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Ann Jost - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Elizabeth Ann Jost
- Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Ann Jost - Church record: Journal or diary: death: 20 June 1855; Atchison, Kansas, United States
- Eliza Ann Jost, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (3)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Atchison, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Atchison, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Hans, Aloys, Erna, Erwin, Hans Peter, Heinz, Inge, Jurgen, Mathias, Reinhart.
German (also Jöst) and Dutch: from a personal name, a derivative of Old French Josse, from Breton Iodoc, Latinized as Jodocus (see Joyce ). It can also be from the personal name Just , Latin Justus. The surname Jost is also found in Poland and Slovenia (compare with the form Jošt below).
Slovenian and Czech (Jošt): from a personal name derived from German Jost and this one from Jodocus, the Latinized name of a Christian saint (see Joyce , compare 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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